Effect of sodium arsenite on peripheral lymphocytes in vitro: Individual susceptibility among a population exposed to arsenic through the drinking water

Mutagenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Mahata, Julie ^a   Ghosh, Pritha ^a   Sarkar, Jyotirindra N ^b   Ray, Kunal ^a   Natarajan, Adayapalam T ^c,d   Giri, Ashok K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NAIL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HAIR; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NAILS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 2942620981     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geh022     Document Type: Article

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